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Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
 |  |  |  | I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
< on 1/23/2007 7:24 PM >
|  | | | (title said in my best "Bad Idea Jeans" voice... some of you are bound to know what I'm talking about)
Anyway.. I thought it was damn well time that I give this whole "draining" thing a try. I hear all the kids are doing it these days. Of course, I had to come to this realization in friggin January... but we don't choose when the muse visits us.
So.. having never done a drain before (I have an idea as to which one I'll try first .. say, there's an experienced Toronto drainer who wants to go, send me a PM)... and given that winter has now set in, any advice you can partake on a drainoob?
"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel |
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manitou
 
Location: Mississauga/Toronto/Waterloo
Gender: Male
I was born with an inherent knowledge of every abandonment in the world!
| | Re: I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
<Reply # 1 on 1/23/2007 8:03 PM >
| | | | I hear there are crocodiles in the drains.
www.dkphotogroup.com
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MSIslave
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Gender: Female
| | Re: I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
<Reply # 2 on 1/23/2007 8:27 PM >
| | | | Buy kneepads learned that the hard way
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dsankt
 
Location: live and in the fresh
| | | | Re: I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
<Reply # 3 on 1/23/2007 8:46 PM >
| | | | One of those things best learned by doing. Not that reading the Approach to Draining as written by <Predator> could be harmful: http://dsankt.com/uploads/approach.txt
sleepycity.net: watch out for the third rail baby, that shit is high voltage. urbex and urban exploration photography |
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PunkUE
Location: Attleboro
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
<Reply # 4 on 1/23/2007 9:01 PM >
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I was interested but theres just way too much there to read
"Shhhhh! The movie's gonna start and I dont want to miss the previews." |
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kjohnnytarr
Location: Columbia, Missouri
Gender: Male
Team Asbestos: CoMO
| | | Re: I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
<Reply # 5 on 1/23/2007 9:06 PM >
| | | | Bring a bike!
http://www.uer.ca/...urrpage=1&pp#post0
Drains can get monotonous, so having a good way to cover a long distance is nice. Plus, it's easier to lean on your handlebars than to stoop when the ceiling gets low. Keeps the feet drier too.
[last edit 1/23/2007 9:09 PM by kjohnnytarr - edited 1 times]
It seemed like a good idea at the time... |
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kjohnnytarr
Location: Columbia, Missouri
Gender: Male
Team Asbestos: CoMO
| | | Re: I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
<Reply # 6 on 1/23/2007 9:07 PM >
| | | | Posted by PunkUE
I was interested but theres just way too much there to read
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worth the time though.
It seemed like a good idea at the time... |
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PunkUE
Location: Attleboro
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
<Reply # 7 on 1/23/2007 9:09 PM >
| | | | Posted by kjohnnytarr
worth the time though.
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is it? damn i guess i better get reading then
"Shhhhh! The movie's gonna start and I dont want to miss the previews." |
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micro
Gender: Male
Slowly I turned
| | Re: I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
<Reply # 8 on 1/23/2007 9:24 PM >
| | | | I haven't found that winter makes a big difference when draining, at least not in the way that would make them any more hazardous than in the summer. They're warmer inside and the outfalls are often easier to get to. Only time I've found winter to be an issue is if you have to get a manhole cover when it's frozen in place to the ground.
Which one were you planning on doing?
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tick
Location: Abingdon, VA
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
<Reply # 9 on 1/23/2007 10:53 PM >
|  | | | Bring multiple flashlights, with fresh batteries. And spare batteries. And kneepads. And wear clothes you don't care about.
I personally don't wear waders or hip boots when draining, but I DO keep a dry pair of shoes back in the truck.
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micro
Gender: Male
Slowly I turned
| | Re: I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
<Reply # 10 on 1/23/2007 11:05 PM >
| | | | Unless you're planning on crawling through a 3.5 foot high Virginian drains, then you probably don't need to bother with kneepads.
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Air
Location: Canada
| | Re: I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
<Reply # 11 on 1/24/2007 1:06 AM >
| | | | Posted by micro
Unless you're planning on crawling through a 3.5 foot high Virginian drains, then you probably don't need to bother with kneepads.
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Unless your tall. But they can be very useful, like a flashlight.
"The extraordinary beauty of things that fail." - Heinrich von Kleist |
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Air
Location: Canada
| | Re: I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
<Reply # 12 on 1/24/2007 1:13 AM >
| | | | Posted by PunkUE
is it? damn i guess i better get reading then
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It is a good read. Written/complied by a pro.
"The extraordinary beauty of things that fail." - Heinrich von Kleist |
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xmasrc
Location: Hobart, Tasmania, Aust
Gender: Male
XmasR
| | Re: I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
<Reply # 13 on 1/24/2007 3:20 AM >
| | | | Any time is a good time to start on the drains, it's summer over here in Australia so we are getting perfect weather for it at the moment.
Only thing that changes in winter is “if there is rain no drains” some times it can get dangerous with flash flooding and so on and before you know it your bang in trouble.
Don’t need anything special to do it just boots and a light.
It’s great fun and it seems the more you do the more you enjoy it, lots of stuff to see as well including junkies, wildlife and some very impressive art work.
Like I said good fun but stay safe.
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MSIslave
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Gender: Female
| | Re: I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
<Reply # 14 on 1/24/2007 8:40 AM >
| | | | you might want good(industrial or whatever it's called) gloves too if it gets small at parts or is small because if you have to crawl through something they come in handy
| Unless you're planning on crawling through a 3.5 foot high Virginian drains, then you probably don't need to bother with kneepads. |
and I needed kneepads because the ones I went in were short like 3.5 or 4 ft and i'm about 5'8" so stooping over was a bit difficult
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PunkUE
Location: Attleboro
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
<Reply # 15 on 1/24/2007 4:44 PM >
| | | | Posted by Air 33
It is a good read. Written/complied by a pro.
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I started reading it yesterday and im gonna keep going today. Ive only made it through the locating drains section and I've already learned a ton. This is definitely worth reading from what I can tell so far.
"Shhhhh! The movie's gonna start and I dont want to miss the previews." |
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micro
Gender: Male
Slowly I turned
| | Re: I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
<Reply # 16 on 1/24/2007 7:31 PM >
| | | | For those who prefer reading properly formated text, the same document can be found here:
http://infiltratio...ions-approach.html
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dsankt
Location: live and in the fresh
| | | | Re: I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
<Reply # 17 on 1/24/2007 8:12 PM >
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where's the love? .txt is the file format of choice for pros! get with it sister.
sleepycity.net: watch out for the third rail baby, that shit is high voltage. urbex and urban exploration photography |
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PunkUE
Location: Attleboro
Gender: Male
| | | | Re: I figured, hey, it is winter.. good time to start draining. Advice?
<Reply # 19 on 1/24/2007 9:57 PM >
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Yeah!!!! So much easier on the brain
"Shhhhh! The movie's gonna start and I dont want to miss the previews." |
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